Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-05-13

E,iwith determinalon TeSQQlAvS9s ~ snap Iiff
!, ,handcuff or break the hopple, then he find
the power Of the iron. And there are met
Who have been for ten and twenty and, thirty
iIeyearss bound hand and foot by evil habit
4. whofhaye never felt the power Of the. chaif
!. because they have never tried to break it.
is very easy to go on down with the stream
and with the wind, lying On your oars; but
tlls tirii around and try to -gen,. eeainst thsf
;sf ssl aud the tide and you will find it differ
attSs. AS long az We gp dovh!the cuff
e af ssuty efFA habit NE seem te set along
quite smoothly, but if after while We turn
around and head the other way, toward
Christ and pardon and heaven oh, then how
I'VE have to lay to the oars! You all have
your Temptations, You have one kind, you
another, you another, not one person escaping.
1t is all folly for you to say to some one:
II could not be tempted as you are" The
lion thinks it is so strange that the fish should
be caught with a hook. The fish thinks it is
so strange that the lion should be caught
with trap You see some man with cold,
phlegmatic temperament. and you say: Il
suppose that man has not any temptation,"
Yes, as much as you have. In his phlegmatic
nature he has temptation to Incidence and
Consciousness and over eating and drinking;
a temptation to ignore the great work of lifb;
temptation to lay down an obstacle in the
way of all good enterprises. The temperh-
'meilt decides the styles of temptation; bat
I sanguine or Emphatic. you will have temp
tation. Satan has a graphing hook just fitted
for your soul. A man never lives beyond the
reach Of temptation. YOU say when a man
gets to be 10 or 80 years of age he is safefrom
all Satanic ASSAULT. You are very much mis-
taken. A man at S. years of age has as manly
temptations as a man at Is. They are only
different styles Of temptation. ".''' ''''F
80 Ask the aged Christian whether he is;neveri
assaulted of the powers of darkness, If you,
think you have conquered the power pf
temptation you are very much mistaken.
A man who wanted a throne pretended he
was very weak and 'sickly, and if he. was
elevated he would soon be gone. He
crawled upon his crutches to the throne, and
| having attained it he was strong again. He
said: "It was well for me- while Twas looking
for the scepter of another that, i, should
stoop, but now that l have found it, why
should I stoop any longer?" and he threw
| away his crutches and was'well again. - u
How illustrative of the power Of tempta-
ton! You think it; is "a weak and crippled
influence; but give it chance, and it will be
/ a tyrant in your soul, it will grind you Ito
I atoms. No man has finally and forever
I overcome temptation until he has left the
world But what are you to do with these
| temptationss Tell everybody about them?
| All, what silly man you would be! AS
we'll might a commander in fort send word
| to The enemy which gate of the castle is least
! barred as for you to 60 and tell what all
| your frailties are and what your temptations
| are The world will only caficature you,
| win only scott at you.' What then
must man idos - When the wave
| strikes him with terrific dash shall
| he have nothing to hold on to! In
18th tstha world the flesh and the
~ Our text intiniates something different. In
+ those ewes thai wept with the Bethany sisters
t see shining hope !" In that voice which
+ slpake until the grave broke and the widow of
| Main had back her lost son, and the sea slept,
and sorrow stupendous woke up in the
4 arms of rapture-in' that voice l hear the
command and the promise: "Cast thy burden
1 on the Lord, and'he will sustain thee y" Why
1 should YOU carry your burdens any longer!
4 oh, YOU weary soul, Christ has been in this
conflict He says: h"My grace shall be suf-
/ ficient for you. You shall not be tempted
above that you are able to hear" ~ Therefore;
with all your temptations, go as these disciples
did, and tell Jesus. >...-.-.-...
Again: I commend the behavior of THE
\ disciples to all those who are abused and slalia
dered and prosecuted. When Herod put John
to death, the disciples knew that their own
heads were not safe, And do you know that
every John has a Herods There are persons
/ in life who do not wish you very well. Yiour
! misfortunes are, honeycombs to them
/ Through their teeth they hiss at you, misin-
terpret your motives and would be
clad to see YOU upset. ~ No man gets
through life without having pummeling
Some SANDER comes after you, horned hne
husked and hoofed, 10 gore and trample YOU
and what are you to doe I tell you plainly
/ that all who serve Christ,must suffer persecu
tions 1t is the worst sign in the world fol
you to be able to say: 81 haven't an energy
in the world" A woe is pronounced in4 th
Bible against the one of whom everybody
lospeaks WELL If you areat,peaee with all tn
4 world, and everybody likes ,yorlard approve
l. your work, it is because YOU arr. an ldlef
the Lords vineyard, and are not doing you
4 duty. 81 3 ~ sd % .3l}4ssfasssse Ht''f g.
=. All those who have served Christ, howeve
eminent, have been maltrcated at some stag
q of their experience You know it was SO il
the time of George Whitfield, when he st too
!. andsinvited men tito the kingdom of God
him2 He pronounced him miserable mounte
bank. How was II when Robert Hall stoo
n and spoke as scasclly any unihspired ma
eyer, did speak of,thej gleries of heavens An
s as he stood Sabbath after Sabbath preachih
on these themes his face kindled with th
q glory John Foster a Christian man, said {
! this man: "Robert Hall is only acting, Jan
Ityhe smile on his face is reflection of his pw
n vanity John Wesley turned all Englan
. upside down with Christian reform, and "
the punsters' were after him, and the ineane
al sioales in England were iperpetrated; apot
:. John Wesley. What is true of the pulpit
true of the pew; it is true Of the street, lit
II true of the shop and the store All who wi
l'4ive godly in Christ Jesus must suffer persec,
I tion. t5t.t4jyf, Yls,fs s..sy t..:tE u.s..
4 And set it down as the very worst sign
= all yolir Christian expef1ence,if you are, an
i of YOU, at peace with ALT world ! The r
a ligion of Christ is, war. IT is q challenge
! sthe world, the flesh and the devil;ns ard
4 YOU will buckle on the whole ariiior Of lGo
n You will find great host disputing you
t path between this and heaven. = But what al
: YOU to do when you are assaulted and slal
u dered and abused, as l suppose nearly all I
k you have been in your hfes' Go out and buy
9 up the slanderer?' Oh, NO, silly man; VIM
YOU are explaining away q IalSea'e3 III !,
d place, fifty peoplewi11 Just have heard PI
I in other places. 4-- nm;
i IT counsel you to ahothes' vpisse- 4 " y
o YOU are not to omit any pptatn'7rj = Z
n II ting yourselves right, Iwaat scseli ayo' -
n 4 morning of one who had TIDE aa, dest il'ii
it said about him, whose s0bfaetys ~ a1sil 90
a whose mission {, was seoutes %adse foi
panionship was denounced. ~ ,puifqq'
+ as a babe and spit uponG. Lar Wno, J"
rt] hSwled at after he, was l%lesa Y @iih ha'
G / vg,, 90 unto, him, ssit,hlsDss bruised SOY
7 in some humble, child ;a,raXefs saying: i
~ fest .Sonnds 81 Heart Nov, look at +,
h awoands, and see sshat I Have suffered al
entreat thee, those wounds Of thine i syl
Nj nTaat t with ne" And he will sympathii
), TIA ,SIe he viii Y1elpt. Go and tell Jesus!l
4. Ire. Aoair,., L ,cofnmend' the behavior OF t
r disciples 20 all who may have been bereave
O. How many in garb Of mourning II y
. could tand at this point where ain standi
's' aid Fox off upon this audience. how ma
g. sags,aIs Of SORROW you Would behold. God
q il ets own way Of taking apart a family.
IT iinnsq get out Of the way for coming gene
$. taons. We must YER off tile Stage that 9TH